Age of Aces » August 1939 http://www.ageofaces.net The Best in Air-War Fiction Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 “They Had What It Takes – Part 31: Charles E. Rosendahl” by Alden McWilliams http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/07/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-31-charles-e-rosendahl%e2%80%9d-by-alden-mcwilliams/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/07/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-31-charles-e-rosendahl%e2%80%9d-by-alden-mcwilliams/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:32:31 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=2592 In the late thirties Flying Aces ran Alden McWilliams’ monthly illustrated tribute to the pioneer fliers of the early days of aviation which was called They Had What it Takes. In the August 1939 issue they featured American Air Ship Ace Charles E. Rosendahl!

Rosendahl started his Naval career aboard battleships and moved into rigid airship duty after the Navy’s Bureau of Navigation circulated a letter asking for volunteers. He distinguished himself by successfully bringing the bow section of the the dirigible Shenandoah after she broke apart in the air! He rose through the ranks serving aboard a number of lighter-than-air craft. Eventually achieving the rank of Vice Admiral in the US Navy, Rosendahl never stopped advocating the virtues of lighter-than-air flight writing several books about them (his papers are archived in the McDermott Library at The University of Texas at Dallas) and was aboard the N class blimp ZPG-3W on its final flight in August 1962 when the US Navy ended airship operations. Rosendahl passed away in May 1977.

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/07/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-31-charles-e-rosendahl%e2%80%9d-by-alden-mcwilliams/feed/ 0 “Hawks From the Smoke” by Arch Whitehouse http://www.ageofaces.net/2009/11/hawks-from-the-smoke-by-arch-whitehouse/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2009/11/hawks-from-the-smoke-by-arch-whitehouse/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:27:29 +0000 Bill http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=1535 In this adventure, two of Arch Whitehouse’s most popular flying duos team up to foil a Japanese invasion of the Phillipines. Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop are joined by Coffin Kirk and his simian assistant, Tank.

Peculiar white wisps on the ocean below! What sinister thing did they hide? Tug had to know. But Beansie had no time for that mystery—what with gun-bristling Mitsubishis swarming down the skies to face his twin Brownings. What’s more, he now was encountering a mystery of his own. For a strangely-marked Breda had suddenly dived in among those vengeful “Rising Sun” fighters. And the gunner aboard that Breda was too efficient to be human!

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